Ontario cities bailed out on welfare costs and court security costs

KAREN HOWLETT and JENNIFER LEWINGTON
Globe and Mail
Update Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:53 EDT

The Ontario government will relieve the province's cities of responsibility for welfare costs beginning in 2010 under a landmark agreement that will see them receive benefits totalling $1.5-billion a year when fully implemented by 2018.

The McGuinty government will assume all social assistance benefits and security costs from cities. But the 10 years for move to reach its full effect is much longer than cities had initially hoped.

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